swimming

Japanese: swimming
swimming

In vertebrates, the skeleton is called the exoskeleton, whereas in vertebrates, the skeleton is called the endoskeleton.
[Swimming]
Swimming is the movement of organisms in a liquid medium, away from the bottom, and is probably the oldest form of movement in history. Single-celled animals move by the movement of flagella, cilia, or wave membranes.

*Some terminology that mentions "swimming" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…筋肉運動の場合は,関節をもつ骨格とそれに付着する伸筋・屈筋の組合せが一般的であり,骨格は無脊椎動物では外骨格,脊椎動物では内骨格になる。
[遊泳swimming]
 遊泳は液体状の媒質の中を,底面から離れて移動する様式であり,まず歴史的に最も古く現れたものと考えてよい。単細胞動物は,鞭毛か繊毛あるいは波動膜の運動によって動く。…

※「swimming」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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